History VideoGame / ProjectZomboid

* CriticalEncumbranceFailure: Subverted. While reaching your maximum weight capacity with [[TheLastStraw only a few grams of nails]] can lower your stamina effectively, the actual weight limit to where you literally break your back is roughly about double that weight.

* CriticalEncumbranceFailure: Subverted. While reaching your maximum weight capacity with [[TheLastStraw only a few grams of nails]] can lower your stamina effectively, the actual weight limit to where you literally break your back is twice the maximum weight.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: You ''will'' die, despite your best efforts.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Averted. Eating will increase healing rate, but will not give you instant health.

* SchmuckBait: TheMall. The likely place where the first (numerous) survivors of the Zombie Apocalypse would ever go and so did the likely disease of said apocalypse along with it. Despite of this, it has abundant valuable resources to survive and are still intact even up to the game's timeline. Good luck getting there though.

** While the latter reduces the number of supplies by roughly half, and has you spawn in a less valuable home as possible.

* SanitySlippage: Planned to be implemented in future releases; there is an extremely basic version present now, but it has no noticeable in-game effects beyond making the player character much more susceptible to panic.

** Check out the player who [[http://i.imgur.com/lulPY.png lasted over a year]]

* CrapsackWorld: And not just for your character. The game is hopeless by design: "These are the end-times. There was no hope of survival. This is how you died." At least you can't say you weren't warned.

* CrapsackWorld: "These are the end-times. There was no hope of survival. This is how you died." You can't say you weren't warned.

Notable for [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/project-zomboid-burglary-statement/ having]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/warning-how-google-checkout-screwed-project-zomboid/ extremely]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/warning-how-destiny-and-webhosting-screwed-project-zomboid/ bad]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/things-can-only-get-better-surely/ luck]], but still managing to get the pre-public demo out on schedule, give or take a few months. You can play the (now quite outdated) demo [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/free-public-demo-released/ here]]. The game also managed to get Greenlight'd on Steam, allowing it to be purchasable as an Early Access game. Updates and bug-fixes are still on-going, of course.

''Project Zomboid'' is an isometric zombie survival {{RPG}} created by a four person team from Britain. It takes inspiration from games like ''SurvivalCrisisZ'' and ''VideoGame/{{X-COM}}''. The game is set in a fictionalised version of Muldraugh, Kentucky; a small town by the side of a highway which includes a number of businesses, a large logging camp, some light industry, and various classes of housing. The developers are releasing periodic updates, ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' style, with each update adding a feature or two to the game. Features to be added include randomly generated quests and [=NPCs=], expansion of the perks and skills system, more weapons, more craftable items, and more survival needs like sanity and hygiene.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The final game, as currently advertised, looks as though it will essentially be a grittier, more realistic SurvivalCrisisZ.

Notable for [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/project-zomboid-burglary-statement/ having]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/warning-how-google-checkout-screwed-project-zomboid/ extremely]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/warning-how-destiny-and-webhosting-screwed-project-zomboid/ bad]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/things-can-only-get-better-surely/ luck]], but still managing to get the pre-public demo out on schedule, give or take a few months. You can play the (now quite outdated) demo [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/free-public-demo-released/ here]].

** The game's wiki notes that many first-time players due this [[http://www.pzwiki.net/wiki/Pillow accidentally]].

** Trying to get in and the door is locked? [[DynamicEntry Just smash a window!]] Oh, you did that [[SoftGlass with your bare hands?]] [[RealityEnsues Hope you have some bandages]]. And you just [[FromBadtoWorse set off a burglar alarm too?]] Here comes a [[OhCrap zombie horde]] shambling over to check out the racket. Hope you aren't tired or overloaded.

** Trying to get in and the door is locked? [[DynamicEntry Just smash a window!]] Oh, you did that [[SoftGlass with your bare hands?]] [[RealityEnsues Hope you have some bandages handy]]. And you just [[FromBadtoWorse set off a burglar alarm too?]] Here comes a [[OhCrap zombie horde]] shambling over to check out the racket. Hope you aren't tired or overloaded.

* ActionSurvivor: All player characters start out unskilled and unequipped, with nothing more advantages than some basic professional training.

''Project Zomboid'' is an isometric zombie survival {{RPG}} created by a four person team from Britain. It takes inspiration from games like ''SurvivalCrisisZ'' and ''VideoGame/{{X-COM}}''. Currently the map features a suburban area, diner, a housing development, shopping district, and other buildings you would expect to find in a small town. The developers are planning on releasing periodic updates ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' style, with each update adding a feature or two to the game. Features to be added include randomly generated quests and [=NPCs=], perks and skills system, more weapons, more craftable items, and more survival needs like thirst, sanity, and hygiene.

Notable for [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/project-zomboid-burglary-statement/ having]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/warning-how-google-checkout-screwed-project-zomboid/ extremely]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/warning-how-destiny-and-webhosting-screwed-project-zomboid/ bad]] [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/things-can-only-get-better-surely/ luck]], but still managing to get the pre-public demo out on schedule, give or take a few months. You can play the demo [[http://projectzomboid.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/free-public-demo-released/ here]].

* ActionSurvivor

* BigNo: The player character gets one when [[spoiler:the raider shoots your wife.]]

* DisposableWoman: Subverted in that [[spoiler:it's entirely possible for her to survive (and, in fact, be perfectly fine aside from the leg injury), depending on the player's actions. If she does die, however, your character pretty much immediately forgets about her.]]
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Averted. Once you die, your game resets.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: It's impossible to take damage from the zombie in the "Fast Food" quest, he just stands there and waits for you to kill him. This is so you can learn the melee system.
** Leaving the oven on while you run off to listen to the radio will result in your house burning down.
** If you get spotted by a bunch of zombies and run inside the zombies will start banging on your door,the bangs and the door breaking gradually down actually makes Baldspot get scared and eventually panic.

* DoNotRunWithAGun: Applies to the player, you can't fire your shotgun or swing your bat while moving.

* DownerEnding: There’s no chance of rescue or a game win screen, you will die eventually.

* FanNickname: Baldspot for the player character.

* PressXToDie: Flashlights are in-game, usable, and fairly common. Note that just because you ''can'' use them does not mean they're a good idea - they have all the zombie-attracting power of a shotgun with none of the usefulness, and turning one on at night for even a second will attract every zombie in the city to your position.

* SaveScumming: The game autosaves every time you sleep or close the game, so this is extremely difficult to do, although still hypothetically possible if you manually back up your savegame files, or forcibly close the game.

* ZombieApocalypse: Using pure [[ZombieSurvivalGuide Max Brooks]] rules - no fast infected, no special infected, no zombified animals, only headshots kill, and no immunity - a single bite ''will'' infect you, no exceptions, with the only currently confirmed cure for a zombie bite being immediate amputation of the affected limb.

* SanitySlippage: Planned to be implemented in future releases; there is an extremely basic version present now, but it has no noticeable in-game effects beyond making the player character much more susceptible to panic.
* SaveScumming: The game autosaves every time you sleep or close the game, so this is extremely difficult to do, although still hypothetically possible if you manually back up your savegame files.

* ItGotWorse: Paypal decides to limit their account. Then Google Checkout decides to mess with them. Then a there was a car bombing near their flat. Then two of the devs were robbed.
** Can occur in-game very quickly.